"The election will be on September the 14th. On that day ... 14 million Australians will get to have their vote, they'll make their vote count," he told AAP on the sidelines of an Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association conference in Brisbane on Monday.

"And it really doesn't matter on the way through what Galaxy, or Newspoll, or anyone else says."

If replicated on election day the poll result would see Treasurer Wayne Swan lose his seat, and former prime minister Kevin Rudd struggle to hold on to his inner-Brisbane electorate of Griffith.